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Friday, October 03, 2003

COMMISSION may clarify laws on releasing cats
The Pennsylvania Game Commission Board may vote Tuesday in Harrisburg to clarify the state’s laws on releasing stray and feral cats into the community after they have been trapped and neutered.
BETH COHEN , Staff Writer
10/03/2003
Lansdale Reporter, PA
http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10262556&BRD=2275&PAG=461&dept_id=466404&rfi=6

Cat-trapping dispute to be aired
By Karla Browne
October 3, 2003
The Sentinel, PA
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/10/03/news/news04.txt

IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT: PENNSYLVANIA
Setting the Record Straight on Ferals, by Shell Sullivan
Friends of Animals
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/tnr/faq.htm

Cool cats make purrr-fect business partners
By SYLVIA SLAUGHTER
Staff Writer
The Tennessean
http://www.tennessean.com/features/living/archives/03/10/40202861.shtml?Element_ID=40202861

Coyotes are taking a liking to subdivision... and its cats
by Anna Means
The Challis Messenger, ID
http://www.challismessenger.com/newspgs/102coyotes.html

Letters
Antifreeze can kill children, pets
10/03/03
The Oregonian, Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1065182985314870.xml

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Location: Oregon, Northwest, Global, United States

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Resources/Links:

* State Animal Shelter Statistics
* Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), Feral Cat, and Cat Management TRAINING AND EVENTS
Comprehensive Cat Management:
* Save Our Strays book by Bob Christiansen, 1998 - website no longer online as of 2012
* No Kill Advocacy Center
* Cat Management in Communities

Spay/Neuter:
* Neuter/Spay Assistance and Information ~ Oregon, Washington, Nationwide:
Neuter/Spay Oregon
Neuter/Spay Washington
Neuter/Spay Nationwide
* Early (Pediatric) Spay/Neuter
* Cat Management in Communities > Model Spay/Neuter Programs

HOW TO Trap-Neuter-RETURN-Manage (TNRM):
* Alley Cat Allies (ACA) - click What We Do > Help People Help Cats
* American Cat Project
* Feral_Cats Forum
* Neighborhood Cats NYC - Click How to > Overview
* Feral Cat Caretakers' Coalition - CA
* Drop traps - hard to trap cats

Feral Cat Resources:
* Castaway Critters - PA Click at left Feral Cat Resources, Spay Neuter
* No More Homeless Pets (Best Friends) - Resource Library: Click Feral Cats, Spay/Neuter
* HSUS Feral Cat Resources - Humane Society of the United States

Trap Neuter Return (TNR) Collaboration:
(including wildlife groups)
* New York City Feral Cat Initiative
* Animal Protection League of New Jersey - Project TNR
* Long Island Cat Project/Animal Alliance of Long Island - NY
* Burlington County Feral Cat Initiative - NJ (website offline)
and New Jersey Feral Cat & Wildlife Ordinance & Protocols on Neighborhood Cats
* Project Bay Cat > Toolkit - CA
* Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon and Audubon Society of Portland
Animal Balance-Protecting ALL species

Cat Issues:
* Cats in the Bag > Find Lost, Missing Cats, Dogs
* Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium (HARC)
* Feline Cancer Resources
* Indoor Cat Initiative, feline enrichment
* Kitten Rescue Kitten Care Handbook
* PetAbuse.com Cruelty Database, select cat
* Shelter Medicine Information Sheets

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* Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon
* History of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)
* Katrina Pets Resources

Weblogs (blogs) [alphabetical]
* Animal Ethics
* Animal Writings
* Carnival of the Cats
[weekly on Sundays 6pm Central]
* Cat Welfare (Singapore)
* Friday Cat Blogging –
do a google.com search!
* Invasive Species
* Shelter Life (Animal Ark Shelter)
* Tipped Ear Clan
* Vox Felina
* Wildrun now The Owl House

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* Provides opportunity to educate and take action.
* Allows correction of false information and clarification of misunderstandings or misperceptions.
* Informs of challenges or resources in areas, if not already aware.
* Illustrates the common issues faced locally, nationally and globally.
* Helps to support others.
* Supplies valuable data.
* Highlights the need for a comprehensive cat management component that saves cat lives as part of each community's homeless animal management program.
* Gives cause to rejoice as animal lives are saved and progressive, humane, effective, cost-saving programs are practiced.
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